This song was made for the event of Livgardets 500 year celebration. I did service at Livgardet myself in the late 70s and will always be greatful to Sabaton for this song. And to you Clouded that make such a good reactions. Thank you and welcome back to us Sabaton fans. / Micke P
Sabaton's drummer is Hannes Van Dahl. He is the one married to the lead singer of Nightwish, Floor Jansen (a.k.a. The Valkyrie Goddess Queen of Metal).
Tommy and Chris play guitar. It's the thin guy with light hair, his name is Hannes, who plays drums and is married to Floor, singer in Nightwish. Chris is him with the dark hair and Tommy with his baby face with the very long hair
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification! Sadly I pre-recorded about 15 videos so I might still not know who's who during those videos lol just know I'm now educated :)
Welcome back! 😊 The blond guy without a beard is Tommy (Guitar) , Blond guy with beard is Hannes (drums, married to Floor) and The guy with dark hair and beard is Chris (Guitar). Translations: I frid och i strid = In peace and in battle. Saw someone else translate the rest 🙂
Livgardet was created by Gustav Vasa when he traveled further north to get support from the men of the dales. He did this to throw out the Danish from the country, and break the kalmar union, making swedish fully independent once again. Gustav Vasa was the founder of modern sweden and is also the grandfather of Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf). All of this took place almost exactly 500 years ago now, in 1521.
The choir melody from the song bears resemblance to a Christian hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus", also known as "Beautiful Savior". In Sweden, the same melody is also used in Psalm 297 ("Härlig är jorden" ("Lovely is the Earth").) (I had to copypaste this coz I didnt know the english word of the hymn. But there you go.) Love this song and happy that you listened to them :) P.S. "I Frid och I Strid" means "In Peace and in Battle" (was corrected in response, thx!) And for the next Swedish part: "For Sweden through Time, Whereever the King goes, They do what seems impossible, whatever the future foretold"
No, not "freedom". Nowadays, "frid" usually means "calm", but I'm pretty sure that, in this context, "frid" should be translated to the more archaic Swedish word for "peace", as in "in peace(-time)". So it's a somewhat archaic way to say "in times of peace and in times of battle". "För Sverige - i tiden" is the credo of the current King; "For Sweden - through the ages" in English. "De gör(a) vad som synes omöjligt" is the credo of The Royal Guard; "They do what seems to be impossible", basically. (I'm sorry for correcting you like this, I just want to make sure the translation is accurate!)
The song itself talks about the history of Livgardet, the March across the Belts and Battle of Narva were specific events the royal guard took part in As i don't think this is mentioned in the history videos: The music video itself shows the Skirmish at Bender which is not mentioned in the song After Carolus Rex was defeated at Poltava he sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire for few years before his increasing demands were enough for the Sultan who then promptly sent a force of around 10k soldiers to the king's residence at Bender, Carolus Rex together with around 40 swedish soldiers held out for around 7 hours taking down up to 300 Turks before being forced out of the residence due to a fire that was set by the Ottoman fire arrows which led to his surrender.
Ahh yes, I'm confused because Indy stated in the history video (I think, it's been a few weeks since I seen it) that the skirmish at Bender was a misunderstanding? Either way, it was an impressive defeat!
Well dont forget to mention that Karl XII and his men start to build up a new swedish capital there and that was a major reason for the sultan to get rid of them. The capital name was Carlopolis/Karlopolis
The Skirmish at Bender is what the vid is representing. You have heard of the Sabaton History Channel - that is their history series between albums, tours, and private life....
So glad to see you again! Hope you're doing well, despite that crazy work schedule you told us about. 4:13 yep, it was written to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the royal guard, and was originally a collaboration with the real royal guard. However, our department of defense worried it would lead to diplomatic issues due to Sabaton having played a concert for Putin affiliated people, and forbade it from being officially sanctioned by the guard. :/ Quoted from Sabaton's wiki: "Sabaton had planned a cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces for the 500th anniversary of the Swedish Royal Guard (the Guard even issued a official request to the band about the cooperation), but it was stopped due to political pressure put on the Swedish Guard and the Swedish Armed Forces. What was problematic for the politicians, was the fact that Sabaton played a concert on the Crimean Peninsula in 2015 which was organized by a motorcycle gang "Night Wolves" closely affiliated with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, according to a statement issued by the Swedish Armed Forces, "politics and music are connected when it comes to that type of gig"."
WOOOOOOW imagine what could have been! Politics smh so an event from 7 years ago prevented the collaboration. Thanks! My schedule is no longer as hectic :D
I¨m not sure they still teach this in the history classes, but not long ago all children learnt about the great marsch across the Belt. We were at war with Denmark then, I think. It was one of the greatest moments in Swedish history.
They sang about the March across the belt which is an event that happen during the second northern war 1658 (before the great northern war) when Sweden was fighting the polish Lithuanian commonwealth Denmark declared war on Sweden. As a response Charles/Karl X (tenth) of Sweden moved most of his army towards Jutland and focused on taking the danish mainland. However he then needed a way to get to Copenhagen across a few islands which he couldn’t because of the size of the danish navy and the danish straits. The king waited until the ice was strong enough in winter then he marched his entire army over the sea to Copenhagen and capitulated Denmark and got a huge peace treaty that even got us Scania which is Swedish to this day. Here is some info if you want to learn. This is a legendary event in Swedish history and for me personally one of the most badass and hilarious events in Scandinavian or recent European history. 😂 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Across_the_Belts Now the second part “crushing blow at Narva dealt” is about a battle in the Great northern war (1700-1721) with Charles/Karl the XII (twelfth), (Carolus Rex) about a battle in Swedish Estonia during the beginning of the war. When a Russia army 30-40 thousand strong came and besieged Narva in 1700 but later that year after having dealt with Denmark Charles the twelfth turned his army against the Russian army before having gathered all his forces and that year he met the prepared dug in Russian army with his own army of around 10 thousand men and attacked it destroying a large portion of the entire 30-40 thousand strong Russian army while losing relatively few soldiers himself. Another legendary battle in Swedish military history. Here you can read more about this battle: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1700) So really Sabaton is singing in both versions of this song about Swedish history and a few noteworthy battles and events. Hope this helped.
You will see the battle of Narva in the great northern war series from kings and generals which I’ve recommended you react to eventually. You said you put it on the list for future reactions before you left I think.
To add to this, the battle of Narva was fought in a blizzard. Which helped the swedes because they could get closer to their enemies and win easily due to the Swedish military was experts at close combat. According to swedish reports, we lost some 500 men.
See, they could (anyone) make a movie about such feats! I did record the trilogy, i believe it will follow the history video of Livgardet to end the Carolus Rex album and the great Swedish history!!
@@cloudedreactions2578 If you wanna learn about Charles time in the Ottoman Empire in more detail then I heavily recommend reacting to this video from Kings and Generals. It’s a nice bonus video that adds a lot of additional knowledge to his time after Poltava. th-cam.com/video/ZlaRa5lsT_0/w-d-xo.html
The march across the belt was when the swedish army marched across the sea to denmark on the ice in winter and did a surprice attack in a time of year when nobody expected them.
The Belts (in English) in Danish Bælterne or Swedish Bälten are the straits that separate the various islands and peninsular that make up Denmark. They are more commonly called the Danish Straits The two that I think of immediately are: Storebælt (Great Belt) between Zealand (where Copenhagen is) and Funen (where Hans Christian Andersen came from) and Lillebælt (Little Belt) between Funen and Jutland (the peninsula connected to mainland Europe. They were a major obstacle until the nineteenth century when railway bridges were built and now road bridges so the act of a march "across the Belts" was to attack Denmark in an unexpected way. BTW the Swedes and Danes were at war on and off for the first three hundred years after Sweden's withdrawal from the Kalmar Union in the 1520s.
Read about the March across the belt. Its an Epic event in THE 1650s under Karl X during a critical period during war with denmark. It Lead to ha Huge reclaim of lands from denmark
Livgardet... honestly I would say the most elite troop we have in sweden.... sworn to lay down their life if needed for our king... And from what I know, there is not a single livgardet soldier that has ever run from duty when they needed.... they tried or died in service....
It's not the most elite regiment. It's a ceremonial regiment that, in times of war, would serve as a guard duty regiment and would not be sent to the front.
Narva lies in modern day Estonia and was a part of the Swedish empire at the time, where 10 000 Swedish soldiers defeated 40 000 russian soldiers with the help of a blizzard changing direction blinding the russians as the Swedes charged, the russians retreated/fled across the bridge over the river Peiper, but the stampede collapsed the bridge killing most if not all of the russian soldiers.
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This song was made for the event of Livgardets 500 year celebration. I did service at Livgardet myself in the late 70s and will always be greatful to Sabaton for this song. And to you Clouded that make such a good reactions. Thank you and welcome back to us Sabaton fans. / Micke P
Wow so Sabaton speaks to you in more ways than others. Cheers brother!!
Sabaton's drummer is Hannes Van Dahl. He is the one married to the lead singer of Nightwish, Floor Jansen (a.k.a. The Valkyrie Goddess Queen of Metal).
The Valkyrie Goddess Queen of Metal? She must be quite talented! Thanks for the clarification 🙂
@@cloudedreactions2578 she is considered by many to be the greatest female vocalist to ever grace a stage.
@@Z-one1000 Now I have to get a taste of such talent! I hope it's like finding Sabaton; an eye opening experience 😊
Tommy and Chris play guitar. It's the thin guy with light hair, his name is Hannes, who plays drums and is married to Floor, singer in Nightwish. Chris is him with the dark hair and Tommy with his baby face with the very long hair
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification! Sadly I pre-recorded about 15 videos so I might still not know who's who during those videos lol just know I'm now educated :)
Welcome back! 😊
The blond guy without a beard is Tommy (Guitar) , Blond guy with beard is Hannes (drums, married to Floor) and The guy with dark hair and beard is Chris (Guitar).
Translations:
I frid och i strid = In peace and in battle.
Saw someone else translate the rest 🙂
Ahhh ok, I'll remember that! Sadly I've recorded quite a few videos since this so I might say the same thing in future videos (mistaking who's who)
Livgardet was created by Gustav Vasa when he traveled further north to get support from the men of the dales. He did this to throw out the Danish from the country, and break the kalmar union, making swedish fully independent once again. Gustav Vasa was the founder of modern sweden and is also the grandfather of Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf). All of this took place almost exactly 500 years ago now, in 1521.
Looks like Sabaton caught a break with the timing! Thanks for that bit of input 🙂
The choir melody from the song bears resemblance to a Christian hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus", also known as "Beautiful Savior". In Sweden, the same melody is also used in Psalm 297 ("Härlig är jorden" ("Lovely is the Earth").) (I had to copypaste this coz I didnt know the english word of the hymn. But there you go.)
Love this song and happy that you listened to them :)
P.S. "I Frid och I Strid" means "In Peace and in Battle" (was corrected in response, thx!)
And for the next Swedish part:
"For Sweden through Time,
Whereever the King goes,
They do what seems impossible,
whatever the future foretold"
No, not "freedom". Nowadays, "frid" usually means "calm", but I'm pretty sure that, in this context, "frid" should be translated to the more archaic Swedish word for "peace", as in "in peace(-time)". So it's a somewhat archaic way to say "in times of peace and in times of battle".
"För Sverige - i tiden" is the credo of the current King; "For Sweden - through the ages" in English.
"De gör(a) vad som synes omöjligt" is the credo of The Royal Guard; "They do what seems to be impossible", basically.
(I'm sorry for correcting you like this, I just want to make sure the translation is accurate!)
@@FamousGirlfriend Hey good that you corrected it anyway it isn’t a big deal probably.
I love how Sabaton included the Motto of our Swedish king.
@@FamousGirlfriend Yeah I hadn't quite woken up yet, thx ;)
The third line is from Livgardets creed "De gör det till synes omöjliga" in Latin, "Possunt nec posse videntur"
The song itself talks about the history of Livgardet, the March across the Belts and Battle of Narva were specific events the royal guard took part in
As i don't think this is mentioned in the history videos:
The music video itself shows the Skirmish at Bender which is not mentioned in the song
After Carolus Rex was defeated at Poltava he sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire for few years before his increasing demands were enough for the Sultan who then promptly sent a force of around 10k soldiers to the king's residence at Bender, Carolus Rex together with around 40 swedish soldiers held out for around 7 hours taking down up to 300 Turks before being forced out of the residence due to a fire that was set by the Ottoman fire arrows which led to his surrender.
Precisely about things the Livgardet were part in and Swedish history in general.
Ahh yes, I'm confused because Indy stated in the history video (I think, it's been a few weeks since I seen it) that the skirmish at Bender was a misunderstanding? Either way, it was an impressive defeat!
Well dont forget to mention that Karl XII and his men start to build up a new swedish capital there and that was a major reason for the sultan to get rid of them. The capital name was Carlopolis/Karlopolis
The belt is the strait between Sweden and Denmark. They crossed it during winter when it was ice so they walked over.
Well no because they marched on Copenhagen from Jutland not bloody Scania.
The Skirmish at Bender is what the vid is representing.
You have heard of the Sabaton History Channel - that is their history series between albums, tours, and private life....
I love their history channel as much as their music! They NEED to go hand-in-hand :)
So glad to see you again! Hope you're doing well, despite that crazy work schedule you told us about.
4:13 yep, it was written to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the royal guard, and was originally a collaboration with the real royal guard. However, our department of defense worried it would lead to diplomatic issues due to Sabaton having played a concert for Putin affiliated people, and forbade it from being officially sanctioned by the guard. :/
Quoted from Sabaton's wiki:
"Sabaton had planned a cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces for the 500th anniversary of the Swedish Royal Guard (the Guard even issued a official request to the band about the cooperation), but it was stopped due to political pressure put on the Swedish Guard and the Swedish Armed Forces.
What was problematic for the politicians, was the fact that Sabaton played a concert on the Crimean Peninsula in 2015 which was organized by a motorcycle gang "Night Wolves" closely affiliated with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, according to a statement issued by the Swedish Armed Forces, "politics and music are connected when it comes to that type of gig"."
WOOOOOOW imagine what could have been! Politics smh so an event from 7 years ago prevented the collaboration. Thanks! My schedule is no longer as hectic :D
I¨m not sure they still teach this in the history classes, but not long ago all children learnt about the great marsch across the Belt. We were at war with Denmark then, I think. It was one of the greatest moments in Swedish history.
Yes, someone recalled the event as being the "most badass event in Swedish history" lol
They sang about the March across the belt which is an event that happen during the second northern war 1658 (before the great northern war) when Sweden was fighting the polish Lithuanian commonwealth Denmark declared war on Sweden. As a response Charles/Karl X (tenth) of Sweden moved most of his army towards Jutland and focused on taking the danish mainland. However he then needed a way to get to Copenhagen across a few islands which he couldn’t because of the size of the danish navy and the danish straits. The king waited until the ice was strong enough in winter then he marched his entire army over the sea to Copenhagen and capitulated Denmark and got a huge peace treaty that even got us Scania which is Swedish to this day. Here is some info if you want to learn. This is a legendary event in Swedish history and for me personally one of the most badass and hilarious events in Scandinavian or recent European history. 😂 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Across_the_Belts
Now the second part “crushing blow at Narva dealt” is about a battle in the Great northern war (1700-1721) with Charles/Karl the XII (twelfth), (Carolus Rex) about a battle in Swedish Estonia during the beginning of the war. When a Russia army 30-40 thousand strong came and besieged Narva in 1700 but later that year after having dealt with Denmark Charles the twelfth turned his army against the Russian army before having gathered all his forces and that year he met the prepared dug in Russian army with his own army of around 10 thousand men and attacked it destroying a large portion of the entire 30-40 thousand strong Russian army while losing relatively few soldiers himself. Another legendary battle in Swedish military history.
Here you can read more about this battle: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1700)
So really Sabaton is singing in both versions of this song about Swedish history and a few noteworthy battles and events.
Hope this helped.
You will see the battle of Narva in the great northern war series from kings and generals which I’ve recommended you react to eventually.
You said you put it on the list for future reactions before you left I think.
To add to this, the battle of Narva was fought in a blizzard. Which helped the swedes because they could get closer to their enemies and win easily due to the Swedish military was experts at close combat. According to swedish reports, we lost some 500 men.
See, they could (anyone) make a movie about such feats! I did record the trilogy, i believe it will follow the history video of Livgardet to end the Carolus Rex album and the great Swedish history!!
@@cloudedreactions2578 Did you react to the video on Carolean soldiers too?
@@cloudedreactions2578 If you wanna learn about Charles time in the Ottoman Empire in more detail then I heavily recommend reacting to this video from Kings and Generals. It’s a nice bonus video that adds a lot of additional knowledge to his time after Poltava. th-cam.com/video/ZlaRa5lsT_0/w-d-xo.html
This song is great and it goes from ahh chill to ohh shit in 2.22 seconds :)
Right! From glorious posing straight to Ottomans breaching the doors 😳
The march across the belt was when the swedish army marched across the sea to denmark on the ice in winter and did a surprice attack in a time of year when nobody expected them.
Nice you are back.
Great to be back! :)
welcome back!
Thank you! :)
Welcome back man ^-^
Thanks! :D
I think this hymn is composed by the same man that composed the german national song.
That's quite an interesting bit of input, cheers!!
The Belts (in English)
in Danish Bælterne
or Swedish Bälten
are the straits that separate the various islands
and peninsular that make up Denmark.
They are more commonly called the Danish Straits
The two that I think of immediately are:
Storebælt (Great Belt) between Zealand (where Copenhagen is)
and Funen (where Hans Christian Andersen came from)
and
Lillebælt (Little Belt) between Funen and Jutland
(the peninsula connected to mainland Europe.
They were a major obstacle until the nineteenth century
when railway bridges were built and now road bridges
so the act of a march "across the Belts" was to attack Denmark
in an unexpected way.
BTW the Swedes and Danes were at war on and off
for the first three hundred years after Sweden's withdrawal
from the Kalmar Union in the 1520s.
Happy to see you back with Sabaton. I will keep an eye out for the next.
Thanks! I'm glad to see familiar faces :)
Read about the March across the belt. Its an Epic event in THE 1650s under Karl X during a critical period during war with denmark. It Lead to ha Huge reclaim of lands from denmark
I'll definitely look into it! I love me some history!!
Välkommen tillbaka😊
Thanks!!! :D
The crossing belt is probably about crossing the danish belts
Well come back
Great to be back! :)
för sverige i tiden = for sweden in time. is a the curent king of sweden moto
I think that's pretty cool that kings would have their own motto coupled with a country motto or a branch of the military. America is boring D: haha
I frid och i strid means: In peace and in battle
Ahh thanks for that!
Belt is the water between Sweden and Denmark
One cold winter the swedish army crossed the Belt over the ice
Wow that is amazing, thanks for clearing that up!
@@cloudedreactions2578 they walked to Copenhagen and forced the Danish king to surrender and give land to Sweden.
NO!!! Öresund is the strait between Sweden and Denmark. Belt is the water between the danish islands.
Livgardet... honestly I would say the most elite troop we have in sweden.... sworn to lay down their life if needed for our king... And from what I know, there is not a single livgardet soldier that has ever run from duty when they needed.... they tried or died in service....
It's not the most elite regiment. It's a ceremonial regiment that, in times of war, would serve as a guard duty regiment and would not be sent to the front.
För Sverige i tiden are the motto for the current King of Sweden
It is same song but different language and some difference in the meaning of the lyrics
Crushing blow at narva belt should be when we lost our king.... the one and only battle where our royal guard lost the person they were protecting
What are you talking about that's not what it is
Narva lies in modern day Estonia and was a part of the Swedish empire at the time, where 10 000 Swedish soldiers defeated 40 000 russian soldiers with the help of a blizzard changing direction blinding the russians as the Swedes charged, the russians retreated/fled across the bridge over the river Peiper, but the stampede collapsed the bridge killing most if not all of the russian soldiers.